Heroic Ukrainian soldiers forced to surrender after holding out in the besieged city of Mariupol for months have been sent to Russia, sparking new fears for their safety.
More than 1,000 fighters, most of them from the Azov battalion, ‘have been transferred to the territory of the Russian federation for investigative actions,’ state media reported late Tuesday.
Russia considers the Azov battalion to be Nazis and war criminals and lawmakers have called for them to face the death penalty.